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Modezilla
Explore the seven modes. Use the characteristic notes to shape the emotion of a section.
Brightness Spectrum
click a mode to explore it
Each mode branches off Ionian by a single altered note. Lydian is one degree brighter (♯4); the rest grow progressively darker as more notes lower.
brighter
darker
Key
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Chord Chart
Click any chord to hear it
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All Keys in Lydian
Example Progressions
from Chapter 18 · click any chord or press Listen
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Mode Comparator
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Songs in this mode
filtered from the workshop's 434-song catalog